the marina community association is not against this project. the marina community association would welcome a project like this in our neighborhood. we are supportive of the people who need this kind of housing. we are supportive of the great work that lark ip treat is doing. and if you are supportive of those things, you will vote against this special use district, because it is a complete waste of money. and the reason that it has to go from the 16 youth to the 24 youth and maybe even more is because the community housing partnership cannot make this work financially for their private investors, who want the 9% tax credit. this project -- when i came into the building this afternoon i noticed that french flag was flying over the building, because today is july 14, and in 1789 the people in france were complaining about some things their government were doing. i can tell you, this project has the same kind of smell about it as came from the bastille on that day. it started out as a statement by the mayor's office of housing that we've got $2 mi

i'm aeriel, the vice president of the marina community association. i just want to say when i heard about this project over a year ago, i think it was april of 2010, i was elated. i was so excited to hear that we were going to be able to have this type of housing in our neighborhood for san franciscans, at-risk youth and those aging out of the foster care system that was going to be in our neighborhood. we were going to support the project the at our first meeting with the project sponsors and the mayor's office of housing, we realized that conversation wasn't open for discussion. it was something that was kind of being laid on the table in front of us. once the special use district started to take form and we were talking about 25 units of housing on a lot that's currently zoned for 16, seeking an open-space waiver, seeking a rear-yard waiver with no disability access to all the units, so if the building manager were to be disabled, they would not be able to access all units, thus making it impossible for a disabled person to be the building manager.

community outreach that you do? >> absolutely. i have reached out to our initial neighbors, residents that live directly above us. i've also reached out to the marina merchants associationspecifically the board member and i've reached out to patricia, i believe her last name is haffley. i apologize. who as some of you know, she is the -- basically the mayor of the marina and she not only has no issue with this, she supports it. president newlin: ok. any other questions? seeing none, can i get a motion? >> i move that we approve the application. with the conditions expressed by the police officers. police department. >> i'd like to second it but offer a friendly amendment that we amend condition number nine and add shal provide a monthly calendar events to northern station as well as to the entertainment commission staff. >> fine with me. >> may i ask a question. does that include private events, for example if a wedding buyout happens? >> the condition exists already, the police say shall provide northern station with a monthly calendar of events. >> no problem. >> ok. and to that i'm just adding and entertainment commission staff. >> no problem. >> it's for you to work